# Theo Wilhelm Wolvekamp artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:00:24Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1925-08-30
- Death date: 1992-10-11
- Nationality: Dutch
- Movements: CoBrA
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art

## Portrait

![Theo Wilhelm Wolvekamp](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/P1040585_Theo_Wolvecamp.jpg/1280px-P1040585_Theo_Wolvecamp.jpg)
Jeroen Bevers · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1040585_Theo_Wolvecamp.jpg

## About Theo Wilhelm Wolvekamp

Theo Wilhelm Wolvekamp is the supplied page name for the Dutch painter and graphic artist catalogued by major authority records as Theo Wolvecamp or Theo Wilhelm Wolvecamp. Born in Hengelo in 1925 and deceased in Amsterdam in 1992, he is associated with CoBrA, the postwar experimental artists' group. Available biographical accounts describe him as a member of the group and connect his development with the work of Karel Appel and Asger Jorn, while also indicating that his contribution extended into the second half of the 1950s. Authority data identifies abstraction and records titles referring to a bird in flight, vegetation, and strongly colored compositional forms. These references suggest an abstract practice in which organic or creature-like imagery could emerge without becoming conventional representation. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings and graphic works, and searches should include the more widely catalogued Wolvecamp spelling as well as the supplied Wolvekamp variant.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts may include paintings, graphic works, and abstract compositions. Authority data also records titles invoking a bird in flight, vegetation, brown-and-black composition, and a red form; these examples document individual subjects or motifs but do not by themselves establish a complete catalogue of recurring themes. Searches should use both Wolvecamp and Wolvekamp spellings.

## Market and appraisal context

The available evidence supports treating paintings and graphic works as distinct comparison groups and considering whether a work belongs to Wolvecamp's CoBrA-associated activity or later practice. The collected pack does not include a successfully retrieved major-auction-house market study, so it cannot support predictions about price direction or a specific CoBrA premium. An appraisal should verify the artist-name spelling, work type, medium, date, dimensions, attribution, provenance, condition, and any edition information before selecting comparable sales. Public auction records are most useful when the comparison works share the same medium, period, format, and attribution status.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2333559
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/15576568/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500078602
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Wolvecamp
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Wolvecamp
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Wolvecamp
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/theo-wilhelm-wolvekamp/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1040585_Theo_Wolvecamp.jpg